Should I upgrade my Warehouse Management System software?
Do I need to upgrade my WMS now? Like many questions in business, there are many considerations to work through before arriving at an answer. A common rule of thumb for keeping a software system is...
View ArticleRedPrairie Warehouse Management System: Get Work Queue Working for you
While auditing WMS implementations, we often find that Work Queue has not been activated, and if it has, it’s generally not being used as effectively as it can be within RedPrairie Warehouse Management...
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How to Have a Great WMS Conference Room Pilot – Part 1
Let’s talk about Conference Room Pilots (CRP). We’ve seen literally hundreds of CRPs over the years and have played different roles in those CRPs from software vendor to consultant to customer. The...
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How to Have a Great WMS Conference Room Pilot – Part 2
So you have followed our advice and created fantastic Conference Room Pilot (CRP) scripts. Your scenarios are based on the integrated Business Requirements Document and Current State Description as...
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How to have a Great WMS Conference Room Pilot – Part 3
In our most recent posts about how to have a great Conference Room Pilot (CRP), we discussed the need to fully understand business requirements and to document the current state; however we have not...
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How to Have a Great WMS Conference Room Pilot – Part 4
In our last post we hopefully convinced our readers why it is very important to do a good job in understanding the business requirements (BRD) and documenting the “as is” or current state processes...
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WMS Efficiency: Six Tips for Keeping Your WMS Running Smoothly
Many of you who receive our monthly email have been getting a monthly tip on simple things you and/or your IT team can do to keep your Warehouse Management System running efficiently. We’ve gathered...
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Order Processing Real Time or Batch: What’s a Good Fit for Your Operations?
Order Processing is one of those key factors that greatly influence the future state design of a new Warehouse Management System (WMS). Whenever we start a new WMS project with a client, we like to...
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Order Packing List – Does it go on the First or the Last Carton?
Order Packing Lists – how many total man hours have our clients and consultants have spent over the years discussing this topic? Any time a warehouse has to ship multiple cartons for an order and...
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Data Warehousing: You Might Backup, But Can You Restore?
I recently had the opportunity to talk with a Data Warehouse expert who manages over six petabytes of data. For those who are not familiar with petabytes, 1024 bytes is a kilobyte (KB), 1024 kilobytes...
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WMS in the Cloud – From Skeptic to Believer
When it comes to WMS in the cloud, I generally find that people fall into two camps: 1) it will never work; 2) this is a great idea! Generally, it’s Operations in the first camp and IT in the second....
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WMS Super Users – Who Needs ‘Em?
WMS Super Users; an often overlooked but very important and necessary role to have, particularly if you are a small company that does not have the IT infrastructure or support that’s regularly...
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WMS Customizations – Don’t Just Upgrade Everything!
If you have a WMS, sooner or later you’ll be faced with the possibility of upgrading to the latest version. Organizations usually struggle with upgrades; weighing the costs and benefits of the new...
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Warehouse Management Systems (WMS): Should It Talk Directly to PLC Controllers?
We’ve had many clients ask about the feasibility of having their Warehouse Management System (WMS) communicate directly with PLC controllers vs. communicating with control software. It’s a good...
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Labels – One is Better Than Two
For any number of reasons, product in a warehouse may need to get labeled before it gets put away. We recently visited a distribution center that was applying a case label (LPN) as part of a standard...
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Labor Management Software (LMS or WLM) – 7 Myths – Part 1
In our experience with labor management software (LMS or sometimes WLM for short), confidence is the most impactful factor in a successful implementation. When implementing systems like WLM or LMS...
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Daylight Savings Time is November 1 – Safeguard Your WMS and WLM
Daylight Saving Time brings changes to our clocks, losing one hour on Sunday, November 1. If your system is not set up properly to handle the time change, you may miss critical jobs including billing,...
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Labor Management Software (LMS or WLM) – 7 Myths – Part 2
We covered the first three myths in Part 1 of the Seven Myths of LMS (or WLM). Here are the remaining four to dispel: JDA WLM only works with JDA WMS. False, false, false. We’ve implemented JDA WLM...
View ArticleLabor Software – Real Examples of Life with and without JDA WLM – Part 1
In the supply chain world, no two days are ever the same. Each day presents a new challenge that may require an innovative and impactful reaction. No operation can predict the future absolutely, but...
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Labor Software – Real Examples of Life With and Without JDA WLM – Part 2
In the supply chain world, no two days are alike. The implementation and use of software such as JDA’s Warehouse Labor Management system (JDA WLM, formerly known as RedPrairie Workforce Management)...
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